Book description

In this examination of an extraordinary Islamic anti-Christian polemic, the author describes Qadi `Abd al-Jabbar's life, his intellectual heritage and the sectarian controversy of his day. Thus the reader will discover how, and why, a Muslim theologian reinterpreted Christian scripture, history and practice to develop an Islamic doctrine of Christianity.

A Muslim Theologian in the Sectarian Milieu: 'Abd al-Jabbar and the Critique of Christian Origins